Teachers & Staff

Our team of teachers has been carefully selected according to their academic qualifications, experience and personality. They not only teach you the Greek language, but also share their wealth of knowledge about Greece in the past and present. As a result, your classes will be stimulating and fun.

All Omilo teachers are university graduates and native Greek speakers with experience in teaching Greek as a Foreign Language. They are fluent in English and also competent in other European languages.

Omilo teachers have the following in common: apart from their teaching experience, they have a friendly and helpful attitude; they are open-minded and interested in your countries and cultures; they love Greece and would like to show you the “real Greece.” Our teachers love their job and do it with passion. They will help you establish clear learning objectives and encourage you to speak Greek from the very first day. If you are a student in the intensive group classes, you will have at least two teachers, but even if you are taking a different kind of course, you will most likely meet them all during the various afternoon activities.

Teachers

Dimitris Andreadis | Δημήτρης Ανδρεάδης

Founder and director of Omilo.
He was born and raised in Athens.

Dimitris has been involved with education and teaching for more than 25 years. Apart from his BA from the University of Thessaloniki, he obtained an MBA degree from Drexel University in the USA. Dimitris teaches primarily the advanced students as well as communication classes in the intensive courses that go from Easter till September. During the remaining months, he handles the organizational, financial and administrative aspects of the school.

Marina Braila | Μαρίνα Μπραϊλα

Full-time teacher at Omilo since 1997.
She was born and raised in Korinthos.

Marina is a graduate of the School of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology at the University of Athens and received additional training in Adult Education and Intercultural Education as well as in Analysis and Management of Group Dynamics. Besides teaching, she is involved in developing course material for Omilo. She also trains new teachers and participates in Omilo’s cultural group activities. She speaks English, Spanish and a bit of German.

Marina is one of the authors of the Greek Language book Φύγαμε για ελληνικά! (Off we go to learn Greek!) intended for foreign students of Modern Greek who are at an intermediate language level.

Konstantinos Oikonomou | Κωνσταντίνος Οικονόμου

Full-time teacher at Omilo since 2005.
He was born and raised on the island of Crete.

Konstantinos is a graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Philosophy and holds a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics (University of Essex, UK). He has taught Modern Greek as a foreign language at the Hellenic Centre in London as well as at other educational institutions in the British capital. In addition to teaching, he is involved in developing course materials. Since 2007 he has been an oral examiner for the Examination for the Certificate of Attainment in Greek, organized by the Center for the Greek Language. He speaks English and a little German.

Konstantinos is one of the authors of the Greek Language book Φύγαμε για ελληνικά! (Off we go to learn Greek!), intended for foreign students of Modern Greek who are at an intermediate language level.

Terpsi Gavala | Τέρψη Γαβαλά

Full-time teacher at OMILO since 2011.
She was born and raised in Athens.

Terpsi studied Greek Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Philosophy, during which time she attended a six-month program in Linguistics at the University of Salzburg in Austria. She holds a Master’s Degree in Theoretical and Comparative Linguistics (University of Grenoble 3, France). In addition to teaching Modern Greek as a foreign language, she also has experience teaching modern and ancient Greek to youngsters in secondary schools. She speaks English, French and a little German.

Kostas Papadakis | Κώστας Παπαδάκης

Part-time teacher at OMILO since July 2013.
He grew up in Corinth and Athens.

Kostas studied Greek Philology at the Kapodistrian University in Athens at the School of Linguistics, also attending a program in Linguistics at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He holds a Master’s degree in Teaching Greek as a Second / Foreign Language at the University of Athens. For the 2013 school year he worked in the Greek Community in Granada and at the University Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of Granada, Spain. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 he was a high school teacher at the Greek Public School in Sudan and Ethiopia. He speaks English and Spanish.

Staff

The Omilo staff works together with the teachers to help students make as much progress as possible. They test new students to make sure they are placed in the correct level; they offer help and advice to students who need it; they put together enjoyable extra-curricular activities. The staff also takes care of answering emails and phone calls as quickly as possible. Moreover, they write articles for the Omilo Blog as well as for the newsletters. Apart from helping students, the staff members are also responsible for the website and social media. They speak various languages and have a shared passion for language learning.

Maya Cornelissens-Andreadi

Co-founder of Omilo and Program Coordinator.
She was born & raised in Belgium and has been living in Greece since 1993.

Maya has a degree in Translating and Interpreting from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. After working as a teacher and translator in various language schools in Belgium, Maya went to the U.S. for a Master’s in Arts Administration at Drexel University in Philadelphia. For one full year she also worked as the administrative assistant at Inlingua Language School in New Jersey. At Omilo, Maya is in charge of administration, emails, the website, social media and cultural activities. She speaks Greek, English, German, French and Dutch.

Nina Algoet

Secretary and Administrative Assistant for the Maroussi school.
She was born & raised in Belgium and is living in Greece since 2013.

Nina holds a degree in Germanic Languages from the University of Ghent and a Master’s degree in Cultural Management from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. With experience as an administrative assistant, production coordinator and teacher in Belgium, Nina now is the Administrative Assistant for Omilo and program coordinator for the group courses and private lessons in Athens as well as for the Skype lessons. Nina also works together with Maya and Dimitris when it comes to administration, e-mails, social media and the daily follow-up of classes at the Maroussi school (Athens). She speaks Greek, English, French and Dutch.